Trunk



E o. SUELFLOW TRUNK Filed Jam 2. 192e Iii? WM Hl. j? 1H Mmmm PatentedAug. 2l, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

mur. o. sum1-Low, -orosnxosm WISCONSIN, AssIGNoR ro THE l-scrnrrir TRUNKCOMPANY, or osnxosn, .wxscoNsIN, A- CORPORATION or wxscoNsIN. Y

Y TRUNK. i

" Application ined January monly referred to as a .wardrobe trunk.

Suchtrunks usually comprise two body sections, hinged together alongadjacent edges. One of the sections ,contains a" lurality of superposeddrawers andthe ot er lusually contains clothes hangers.` I

The objects of'my'present invention are: 'First,'to provide novel meansfor locking the drawers in place in the section inwhich the are mounted;i l

econd, `to provide means, such as deof the drawers in their closedposition;

Third, ,to provide a construction, such as described, in which, when oneof the drawers is moved to an open position, all the remaining drawersare unlocked; and

Fourth, to provide a construction, such asv described, that is simpleneconomical to `manufacture, easy to operate and not liable to get out oforder. v

Other objects of my invention will appear as this descriptionprogresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a section through the drawer 30 section of a trunk embodyingmy invention, the wardrobe section of this trunk being shown as thrownback to an open position;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, in which the wardrobe section isomitted and in which some of the drawers are shown in open position;

Figure 3 is a detail section taken on line 3F3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a detail section showing, on an enlarged scale, means that Iemploy for moving the locking mechanism to its inoperative position; and

Figure 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

erence characters are used for referring to similar parts.

In the embodiment of my invention disclosed herein I have illustrated,in a conventional way, a trunk having a body formed of two sections 10and 11, hinged together in the usual nianner. The section 11 may containa plurality of clothes hangers 12, slidably mounted upon racks 13. Thesection 10 contains a plurality of superposed drawers scribed, in `whicha single lock will lock all Throughout the several views similar ref-`2, 1926. Serial 116.715,73?.

20 havinga vertically extending opening for receiving a hook 21 carriedby the vertically reciprocating locking bar 22. This bar is slidablysupported upon the adjacent wall by i means of the guide clips Thelocking barj22 has suflicient movement to enable the hooks 21 tobe'brought into and out of locking engagement with the clips20,depending upon the position of the lockingbar. A lifting bar 24 has oneend pivotally connected with the upper end of the locking bar, as shownat 25, and the other end slides freely in a guide clip 26 carried by theupper end of the section v5in which the drawers are mounted. Thislifting bar may be made of lspring metal, tending to urge the lockingbar 22 downwardly, or it may be more or less rigid. With either type ofconstruction it is preferable to use an auxiliary leaf spring 27 sopositioned as to continuously tend to urge the lifting bar downwardly soas to insure the movement of the locking bar to unlocked position.

For raising the locking bar to cause th hooks 21 to engage with thelocking clips or elements 20, I support an anti-.friction roller 28 onthe upper edge of the rear end of the upper drawer 17, preferably makinguse of brackets 29 for this purpose. The

anti-friction roller 28 is positioned so that when the upper drawer ispushed into the f wardrobe section this roller will engage the lowerside or face of the lifting bar 24 and lift it upwardly sufficiently tocause the locking hooks 21 to engageV with the locking drawer 17 with akey lock 30, of conventional construction, to enable'thi's drawer to belocked to the facing strip 3l depending downwardly from the upper end ofthe section in which the drawers are housed. Vhen the lock 30 is lockedall of the drawers will be held in their locked positions.

lhile I have described the details of con` struction of the preferredembodiment of my invention, it is to be clearlyy understood that myinvention is not limited to these details, but is capable of otheradaptations and modilications within the scope ot the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what .l claim is.

l. A locking device 'for the drawers of wardrobe trunks comprising arigid vertical rod slidable vertically past the inner ends of the closeddrawers; sockets on the inner ends of all the drawers but one and rigidprojections on said rod for simultaneously entering all said sockets byupward move` ment; and a lifting device actuated by movement to closedposition of the drawer not provided with a socket; said devicecomprising a resilient supporting bar pivoted to said vertical rod, ahorizontal socket in front of said rod and above said drawer forslidably receiving the other end ot' said bar,

and contact means carried by the drawer for raising said bar.

2. A locking device for the drawers of wardrobe trunks comprising arigid vertical rod slidable vertically past the inner ends of the closeddrawers; sockets on the inner ends of certain ot the drawers and rigidprojections on said rod for simultaneously enteringr all said sockets byupward movement; and a lifting device actuated by movement to closedosition of a drawer not provided with a soc iet; said device comprisinga supporting bar connected to said vertical rod; a socket for slidablyreceiving the other end of said bar; and contact means carried by thedrawer for raising said bar.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 30th day ofDecember, 1925.

EMIL O. SUELFLO'W.

